Tony Prince

Anthony "Gay Tony" Prince (1958-) was a famous American nightclub owner who was known for owning all of the best gay and straight clubs in New York City during the early 2000s. Prince had to deal with several legal issues, however, as he had to deal with being massively in debt to the American Mafia, being partners with the criminal Luis Fernando Lopez (which led to the Russian Mafia becoming enemies with him), and with a cocaine addiction.

Biography
Anthony Prince's birth year and birth place is unknown; the NYPD criminal database listed his birth year as 1958 and his birthplace as a Midwestern state, while he claimed that he was born in 1963. Prince entered the blooming nightclub industry during the 1980s, and he built his own empire of gay and straight clubs in New York City. In 1985, he was convicted of tax evasion, followed by possession of cocaine in 1996 and public lewdness in 1999. Prince opened successful clubs such as Bahama Mamas, Maisonette 9, and Hercules, but he fell into the debt of the American Mafia and several loansharks, including Mori Kibbutz. The District Attorney's office failed to make any Mafia-related charges stick, but it was fairly common knowledge that Prince was in business with criminals; his personal bodyguard, Luis Fernando Lopez, was an associate of Washington Heights drug dealers Armando Torres and Henrique Bardas. He was also often seen in the company of Don Giovanni Ancelotti's daughter Grace, with whom he did cocaine. In 2008, the NYPD carried out several raids to check the safety standards and underage admittance policy of his clubs, Hercules and Maisonette 9. The economic crisis, a worsening cocaine addiction, and his on-again, off-again relationship with his boyfriend Evan Moss led to Prince becoming despondent, and he relied on Lopez to help him out with his problems. Lopez paid off his debts to the loan sharks, and he also scared the Ancelotti crime family into backing down. Prince overcame his emotional distress, and he later decided to move to a spa town in the Midwest.